Social Work at Georgia State University

If you plan to study social work, take a look at what Georgia State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Social Work section at the bottom of this page.

Georgia State Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

Georgia State Social Work Rankings

The social work major at Georgia State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Social Work Student Demographics at Georgia State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at Georgia State University.

Georgia State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Georgia State Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of social work master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in social work each year. Georgia State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia State University with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Social Work

If you plan to be a social work major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	121

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,660	$41,040
Social and Community Service Managers	3,720	$66,000
Healthcare Social Workers	3,550	$53,110
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,860	$43,100
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,160	$39,600

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.